Ex-school ‘canteen auntie’ sells wonderfully crispy, gooey sweet potato balls at S$3 for 10 pieces

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Ex-school ‘canteen auntie’ sells wonderfully crispy, gooey sweet potato balls at S$3 for 10 pieces
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The 65-year-old takes four hours to hand-make these yummy orbs at her hawker stall daily. She also offers muah chee.

. “I wanted to keep this hawker heritage of making muah chee and sweet potato balls alive,” says Jasmine Poh, 65, the owner of S Fu Ren, simply.

. Jasmine’s recipes for both the sweet potato balls and muah chee are from the late hawker. She says she spent half a year fine-tuning the recipes before setting up shop.School canteen auntie-turned-hawker Nine kilos of sweet potatoes from Malaysia or Indonesia are washed, peeled, sliced, steamed then mashed and mixed together with glutinous rice flour to form a dough — no sugar is added. They are then neatly scooped into around 660 petite balls.These munchkins, eaten freshly fried, are crisp-coated and have a very satisfying QQ mouthfeel that complements its crunchy exterior. On why she doesn’t add sugar, Jasmine explains that she doesn’t want her snacks to be overly candied. We appreciate that.

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